The North Face Rucky Chucky GTX XCR

Who comes up with the names for this stuff? Rucky Chucky? Thrust chassis? Snake plate (or was it snale (snail?) plate? ).

They need to get the IKEA naming department involved in naming outdoors gear! Do you reckon they'd do any better?

Posted: 13/01/2010 at 14:42

Posted: 14/01/2010 at 10:22

It's a famour river crossing on the most famous of the US 100 milers, the Western States.

I'm sure they've got loads of of fantastic technology in them - most of it made out of hi spec sapce-age metal judging by the weigth of them! 

Why on earth would anyone want to run in a pair of shoes weighing nearly a kg!  You could get a pair of far better inov-8 trail or fell shoes for a less than half of that weight!

They might make a good approach/walking shoe, buit can't think why you'd want to run in anything so heavy.

Posted: 18/01/2010 at 12:38

Posted: 18/01/2010 at 12:56

I'm nearly 16 stone and run 50-100 mile rocky trail ultramarathons, and I wouldn't go anywhere near them.

each to their own though, I guess.

Posted: 18/01/2010 at 13:19